Mark - good eye. E60L had a naval infection/sm hernia and vet operated on her 2 weeks prior to this weight. She should be in the show string. The show bull is a beast. Sired by a CE/growth bull. He has a +11 CE. I like a 12 to recommend to customers for heifers. I easily breed to 8/9 CE to my heifers. I do not like to keep using high CE bulls on heifers unless they are "spread" bulls, so they are also growth bulls.
My BW's are higher than most people. % of live weight of cows, extreme cold winters exposed to the harsh elements, and 16% baleage. I castrate all males over 99#. "Most" all my bulls are between 85# - 99#. (knock on wood) - I have NEVER had a customer complain about CE. I never used to sell more than 1-3 (3 was a GREAT year). Now, I can't keep enough bulls. With orders for 4, we kept 6 intact figuring we might need to cull something on temperament or performance. Sold all 6, and last week at our Simmental picnic/meeting held here, I had one member asked to buy 3 bull calves, and another one wanted one. They put their order in for next year - after my regular buyer that gets 1st pick. I think the breed is just exploding in popularity. Mine are all purebreds.
Pastures - ha - they were non-existent all of May (we start grazing 1st of May). We were "chasing" grass praying the 1st ones grazed would come back enough to hit again. Then about June 10, we got inches of rain and it made up for lost time. Paddocks have gotten away from us, but we just keep letting them glean what they want, and mow behind them. Spoiled brats!
My cows are really good milkers, so I always get good WW, but it is going to be a bumper crop this year. And, as you can see, we were HEAVY on males. Don't like to admit it, but we lost 5 calves. All really weird things. Like the "water bellie" calf.